The work of Cindy Mochizuki is steeped in ritual and cultural tradition. Whether she is dealing with lighthearted spirits and ghosts or difficult political histories, a certain magic pervades her practice. Mochizuki plays with linear understandings of time and place, reflecting the effects of displacement and fragmentation that define a diasporic condition. Rooted in this specific subject position, she investigates alternative storytelling methods for the transmission of knowledge.
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